Glove or mitten.



PATENTED DEG. 29, 1903.

S. HOLLENBECK. GLOVE 0R MITTEN.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 4. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

DON & FERGUSON, OF ST. PAUL MINNESOTA.

, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF GLOVE OR MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 748,187, dated December29, 1903.

Application iiled August 4, 1902.4 Serial No. 118,202. (No InodeLl i .Toall whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SIDNEY HOLLENBECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves or Mittens,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gloves and mittens, its objectbeing to provide a reinforcement for the glove or mitten which willprotect the gripping portion of the thumb and body of the glove ormitten and which will also prevent ripping of the thumb-seam.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front view of a mitten constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail of the reinforcing-pad removed from themitten, and Fig. 3 is a section on line :c x of Fig. l with the knitportion of the mitten removed.

In the drawings I show my invention applied to an ordinary constructionof mitten consisting of a knit body A, having a leather covering for thehand and finger portion. A leather tab 3 is shown extending from thecovering 2 upward upon the wrist portion.

In order to protect the gripping portion of the mitten, I provide areinforcing-pad B, preferably of leather, corresponding to the maincovering 2 of the mitten. The pad B is secured by its edgel between theedges of the adjacent seam of the mitten, as shown in Fig. 3, and isstitched along its edge 5 to the body of the mitten-covering. The pad Bis lthe mitten will be protected against wear and separation.

While I have shown my invention applied to a leather-covered knitmitten, it will be evident that it can be similarly applied to otherconstruction of mittens and gloves.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A glove or mitten of the class described, comprising a body portion andAconnected thumb, a pad secured over the inner surface of the thumb andextending over the portion of the glove or mitten underneath the thumb,said pad having upon its inner side a portion which extends upwardlyalongside the thumb and which covers the seam which connects the innerside of the thumb and body of the glove.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY HOLLENBECK.

Witnesses:

EMILY EASTMAN OTIs, N. M. SEARS.

